The first picture: "Village Evening" Author: Lei Zhen
The pond is full of grass and water, and the setting sun on the mountain is soaked in cold ripples.
The shepherd boy returns and crosses the cow's back, playing the piccolo without any tune.
The second painting: "Village Residence" Author: Gao Ding
On a February day, the grass grows and the orioles fly, and the willows brush the embankments and are drunk by the spring smoke.
The children came back early from school and were busy flying kites in the east wind.
Translation of "Spring Festival Gala": In a grassy pond, the pond is full of water, the sun is about to set, the red fireball seems to be bitten by the mountain pass, submerged in the cold pond water in ripples. The boy herding the cows sat on the backs of the cows, casually playing tuneless music on the piccolo.
This is a poem describing the evening scene of the countryside. The poet wrote it on the spot, forming a picture of the evening scene of the countryside full of life interest.
Translation of "Village Living": In the second month of the lunar calendar, the grass in front and behind the village has gradually sprouted and grown, and orioles are flying here and there. The willows are covered with long green branches, swaying in the wind, as if gently stroking the embankment. The water vapor that evaporates between the water and vegetation condenses like smoke. The willows seem to be intoxicated by this rich scenery. The children in the village hurried home after school and took advantage of the east wind to fly kites into the blue sky. Notes ① Village residence: The scene you see when you live in the countryside.
The first couplet writes about time and natural scenery. It vividly describes the nature in spring and the unique bright and charming scenery of the countryside in spring. In early spring, in February, the grass grows green buds, and the oriole flies in the sky, singing happily. The long branches of the willow trees beside the embankment gently brushed the ground, as if they were drunkenly swaying in the spring smoke. The four words "the grass grows and the orioles fly" vividly describe the scenery of spring, making readers feel the atmosphere of revival and prosperity of all things.
Gao Ding, a poet in the late Qing Dynasty. The courtesy name is Xiangyi, and also the courtesy name is Zhuowu. He was born in Renhe (now Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province). Gao Ding lived after the Opium War, around the Xianfeng period (1851-1861). He had little deeds, and most of his poems were out of date with that era. Most people mention him only because he wrote a famous poem about kite flying. "Village Dwelling" poem.